‘Bheed’ Trailer: Anubhav Sinha Highlights The Gut-Wrenching Migrant Crisis During Pandemic

The trailer gave us goosebumps.
‘Bheed’ Trailer: Anubhav Sinha Highlights The Gut-Wrenching Migrant Crisis During Pandemic

The time when the first lockdown was imposed in India during the Covid-19 pandemic, it saw how it divided India into different parts. The ones who had a roof over their head, and a stable source of income were the privileged ones. They worked from home and had meals three times a day. But the labour class severely suffered during this time because they had left their home states to come work in other cities. So, when the lockdown was imposed, the state borders were shut to stop people from migrating and spreading the virus. But people only knew the surface level of struggles the migrants faced at that time. Anubhav Sinha’s upcoming film, Bheed. Starring Bhumi Pednekar, Dia Mirza, Rajkummar Rao, Kritika Kamra and others, the film is a black-and-white movie that shows the heartbreaking ordeal of the migrants.

 

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The two-minute-39-second trailer shows thousands of migrants returning home after the state borders were shut. Men and women were seen packing their entire life in suitcases and walking because no public mode of transport was available. Rajkummar Rao plays a cop whereas Bhumi plays a social worker. They are stationed at the border to control the situation.

The police are seen beating the migrants and quarantining them. The trailer also highlighted how the migrants were compulsorily asked to be tested for the coronavirus, and if they tested negative, they could leave, and if they tested positive, they had to stay quarantined. In the trailer, Bhumi also shared the plight of a girl who was using newspapers for sanitary pads for days on end. Pankaj Kapur’s character is shown to be a racist who refused to help Muslims because of the Tabhligi Jammat controversy. He also locked horns with Rajkummar Rao on this matter.

The trailer is a painful reminder of the horrors the migrants faced. The lockdown broke their spirit as they had no homes to food and no certainty that would remain alive after going through all this. They are seen sleeping on railway tracts and getting showered with sanitisers as well. Rajkummar Rao is the cop who wants to help people irrespective of their surname being Sharma or Shukla. He wants to save humanity!

This film is very unique in terms of the plot. People remember their lockdown days as they made happy memories. But hardly anyone remembers how those not as privileged as them survived this difficult time. Rajkummar looks intense but torn. He wants to help people but he has orders from above to only do as much as he is told. Bhumi as a social worker looks heartbroken seeing the condition of the migrants. Despite all odds, they are brave to be fighting to help the migrants in every way they can.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9auXrVEQSM

Also read: Bheed: Rajkummar Rao, Bhumi Pednekar’s Black And White Film Calls Covid-19 Lockdown “Partition”

 

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The Anubhav Sinha directorial Bheed is slated for a theatrical release on March 24, 2023.

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